The Whites

 Shirley J.             Adult Fiction                                         Best Detective Drama I have read to date

The Whites by Richard Price writing as Harry Brandt   352 pages

Where do I begin?  This storyline, the characters and the real situations and dialogue made the best detective drama I have read to date.   The life of a cop/detective is told so genuinely that the reader will feel you are in the space with them at all times it is that realistically told.  The main character is flawed but likeable and for the most part a good person.   He is a good person who will do bad things if necessary but he is totally devoted to his wife, his kids and his former cop Dad who is living with them and has Alzheimers.   He juggles all that along with the crime and criminals every shift and the banter between him and his detective buddies from his youth to the guys that work for him now, not to mention the trials and tribulations they all go through and share among themselves.  There is a twisted killer holding a vendetta over one of the unsuspecting characters that keeps a fire burning all the way through till the climactic culmination.   It is such a great story and I definitely recommend this one.   The whites is not racially oriented, but, instead refers to the cases that got away like Captain Ahab's great white whale, Moby Dick.  This story captures your attention and won't let you go till the end.   I think middle schoolers on up will enjoy this story.   Adults might enjoy it just that much more because once you have had a little living under your belt you get the gray areas in life and subtle nuances that don't always mean a person is good or bad they just are (human).   GREAT BOOK.